Our group has had both a Cleric and a Druid as we progressed (same player actually) and we find the Druid is fine as you level up, but the Cleric seemed to have a bit of an edge early on. Maybe it was spell choice, but our experience was the Cleric seemed to have a few more tools available at low levels to help recover health efficiently. Around level 6-7, we noted the Druid was able to access the same spells the Cleric used (Mass Healing Word and such) and things evened out.
At the same time, we generally only use heals between fights, to top up and be ready for the next. Rarely were we using in combat heals, so perhaps IN combat, they are even more equal than what we saw. I'd bet the Cleric does still hold a slight edge, but I feel post level 7/8 most groups wouldn't really notice the difference. mainly it would fall to whose skills/spells better suit the party outside of heals. Druid and Cleric can handle vastly different things if you wish, so choosing which serves better, not considering heals, might serve the group best in the long run.
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Now with optional spells feature (adding revivify and such) for druid and leaving life domain aside.
A cleric specced for healing is still probably going to beat a druid specced for healing, but just the base classes? Pretty close at this point.
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Our group has had both a Cleric and a Druid as we progressed (same player actually) and we find the Druid is fine as you level up, but the Cleric seemed to have a bit of an edge early on. Maybe it was spell choice, but our experience was the Cleric seemed to have a few more tools available at low levels to help recover health efficiently. Around level 6-7, we noted the Druid was able to access the same spells the Cleric used (Mass Healing Word and such) and things evened out.
At the same time, we generally only use heals between fights, to top up and be ready for the next. Rarely were we using in combat heals, so perhaps IN combat, they are even more equal than what we saw. I'd bet the Cleric does still hold a slight edge, but I feel post level 7/8 most groups wouldn't really notice the difference. mainly it would fall to whose skills/spells better suit the party outside of heals. Druid and Cleric can handle vastly different things if you wish, so choosing which serves better, not considering heals, might serve the group best in the long run.
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Seems unfair to handicap clerics by not counting the strongest cleric healing subclass.
Check this: DnD 5e - The Healbot Olympics | RPGBOT.
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